Samuel Fisher Born: ca 1809 Died: 10 Feb 1878 Plot:
Age 76; 1st Lt 2nd IL Mounted Infantry - Black Hawk War - US marker Where born: PA Where died: Mt Carmel; 13 May 1832 was Second Lieutenant in Captain John Arnold's 2nd Regiment - 2nd Brigade of the Black Hawk War Married 1st: Nancy (ca 1820 KY) Married 2nd: 28 Oct 1860 Wabash Edith Tilton* (m1: Scoby S Tilton*; Edith buried as Tilton) Lived at: 1850-70 Mt Carmel Children: - Benjamin (ca 1832 IL) -
Henry Perry* (28 Jun 1834 IL) -
Fianna (ca 1837 IL) -
Mary (ca 1840 IL) -
William (ca 1843 IL) -
George (ca 1845 IL) -
William (Oct 1863 IL buried Potters Field);Note: Samuel Charles (ca 1857 Wabash) and Alice C Fisher (ca 1854 Wabash) living w/Samuel 1860 and 1870; are these children or grandchildren?
* indicates buried with Samuel Fisher in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
